diff --git a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.product.awips/awips.product b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.product.awips/awips.product
index 1ed68309eb..791f574605 100644
--- a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.product.awips/awips.product
+++ b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.product.awips/awips.product
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 -Dlogback.configurationFile=logback-viz-core.xml
 -Dlogback.statusListenerClass=com.raytheon.uf.common.status.logback.UFLogbackInternalStatusListener
 -Dthrift.stream.maxsize=200
--Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true<
+-Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true
 -Dviz.memory.warn.threshold=98</vmArgs>
       <vmArgsLin>-Xmx1280M</vmArgsLin>
       <vmArgsWin>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx768M</vmArgsWin>